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fe Jackets and basques. SEASONABLE AND STYLISH DEStCNS FOR WOMEN. . . > A Xfally Finished Eton Jacket oP Rl.-u-k i . t' 8?rce For Wear as Fart of a Cretins; Costume?Ladles* l??s?iue With Two Vttder-Arxn Gores? Fashions in Hair. serge, savs Mar 3Iantoii, is i material selected for this Eton Jacket that is neatly finished with 111achine stitching, narrow silk cording I J I ;.? y ?j X.VDIES' ETON JACKET. small buttons affording appro>te decoration. It is worn over a >ta silL waist of brilliant hue which rds the touch of brightness so es;ial to a cycling costume. The I ,ts are adjusted to the figure by ^e-bust darts that are held to posi- , bj means of cords and buttons. | ve the closing the fronts are reed in lanels that meet the rolling j a in even notches. The jacket, of j S* ' LADIES' BASQUE ^ 1 beoomiug length, reaches to the top of J the deep girdle, except at the front j ;. where it extends in pretty elongated IC; tabs. The seamless back is slashed at t' the centre and decorated with cord P and buttons. The sleeves are twoseamed, having the moderate fulness ! of the upper portion arranged in gath- I en. They are slashed at the wrists j revealing the sleeve beneath. This v style of Eton is particularly jaunty, v being a decided innovation from the several plain styles. Cloth, serge, cheviot and canvas are among the suit*' able (materials; the colors most ser lected being green, brown and bine V'_y in all its various shades. > To make this jacket for a lady in the f* medium size will require two and onefourth yards of forty-four-inch ma-Jj terial. P Ladln' Baiqae. The basque shown in the large illustration is an ideal model for ladies x of generous figure, according to May . Manton. The pattern provides for an extra under-arm gore, which has the ; desired effect of decreasing the ap ? .1 *v. parent size 01 ine wuim nunc mc oui. Rjfulness at each side of the vest front ^ detracts from the prominence of the t \ bust. The graceful fulness of the i.1 front and the seamless back are disposed over glove-fitted linings that || close in centre-front. The seamless ; V-shaped vest portion is sewed permanently to the right-front and is! * hooked over the full edge of the left. The side-fronts have gathers at the shoulder edges, the lower edges being 1 ' ... disposed in overlapping plaits which, j ;with the pointed outlines, give a grace- j ' ml effect to the waist. The back fits ; v: smoothly across the shoulders, the ; fulness at the lower edge being laid in Overlapping plaits that are firmly ibaoked down below the waist line. ; * ' If the seamless back is not desired the basque can be made to show the foams as seen in back view of engrav-' tng. A close standing band completes the neck with a frill of lace above. Jhe sleeves are mousquetaire, the soft ? fulness being caused by gathers on the outer edge of sleeves. Short, full i puffs caught up in butterfly effect ' drape the shoulders, and the wrists are uniquely slashed over a deep | rattle of laee. As represented, figured j barege was employed in making; narrow blaek satin ribbon affording tho decoration. The mode is applicable, i ; however, to all manner of weaves and ; : textures including silk, peau-de-soie, i I canvas weaves, organdies, etc. To make this basque for a lady in the medium size will require three and one-fourth yards of forty-four-inch | material. ?xt Season's Side Combs. The new side combs for next season's wear come in sets of three and four. The most stylish are hinged together. In sets of four, one comb goes above the knot, one below the knot, and one on either side. In sets of three, as a rule, the middle comb is to be used above the knot, and is the least bit higher and more ornate than the two side combs. Where the four are hinged together, the tendency seems to be to have them all alike, differing only in length and cnrve. The manufacturers assert that the teeth of the combs are coarser than last season, but if such is really the case it is not perceptible to the casual observer. The ornamentation of these combs as a rule is quite simple. The plainer ones, when ornamented with narrow bands of silver ot, gold, have only simple designs cut into theso bands. Except on those pieces to bo worn above the knot, there is no filigree work. And jewels, when used, are sunk in the baud, not raised above, as for the last few seasons. Amethysts, it is said, will be the popular stones, and only a few diamonds are shown, to be worn in very black liair. Amethysts come in settings of silver and gold, in polished and French gray liuish and in polished and rose-linished silver gilt. Fashion* For the Hair. If it is the perfection of art, says the New York Sun, to conceal art, the hairdressers are in this sort of deception in advance of their competitors in WO UNDER-A.RM GORES. * ' 1 ministering to the needs of women. Wavy, soft pompadour fronts are deftly arranged under a few stray locks of your own hair, and all sorts of artis- j tically-made coils, puffs, toupees and ' short curls are mingled with your tresses so cunningly that your best friend never suspects their existence. Large, loose waves are just as desirable in summer as in winter, and the extreme high pompadour has lost none of its popularity. The simple little knot, with a coil around it arranged high on the head, is a pretty way of dressing the hair with the pompadour front, or this same knot may be arranged lower, with a softer twist. Evening coiffures are completed by DESIGN'S IN* C0IFFTRE8. the addition of some ornament, an aigrette, a loop and bow of spangled tulle, a little wreath of small roses, with thvrftl Aiirri?tte in the centre or one or two real roses, which are quite the prettiest of all. Sleeves Growing Smaller. Sleeves are growing smaller, and the indications are that women will need no help next winter in putting on their coats. Probably they, will accept it, however. Newest modes from Paris show sleeves, in some instances, arm-tight. Usually a mitigating frill appears at the shoulder, but some brave or foolish women are ready to adopt the close sleeve without a scrap of shoulder fullness. It is to be hoped that fashion will not positively order the tight sleeve without a ruffle, because it is unbecoming to those whose figures are not perfect. / < i VlT ViAlM AGRICULTURAL TOPICS. Fotaali For Potatoes. P >ta??li is the mineral that is most ni led for the potato crop. But it is much better distributed as a top dressing over the v. hole surface than ;n>p!ie 1 with the seed potatoes in the hill. The potato roots very early in their growth till the soil.between the rows. When mineral manures are applied in the hill, unless care is taken to mix them thoroughly with the soil, they may eat into the cat seed, and effectually destroy the germ. When used broadcast 021 the surface there is no dauger of this. Jlurdock Leaves for Horses. It is a practice of some farmers wo know to let a few burdock plants grow so as to furnish a green bite for horses during the early summer. The horses are almost crazy at this season to eat something green, and the slightly bitter taste of the burdock leaves does not prevent them from eating them greedily. This will not interfere with, eating dry feed as green grass would do. In fact, some horsemen regard the burdock leaves as a valuable tonic, and declare that horses eat more heartily and do more work after they have been fed thus. American Cultivator. Grow Medicinal Plants. Many medicinal plants can be grown with profit, as the demand for some kinds is increasing. Absinthe (wormwood) can be raised as far north as i New England, and this country im- I ports it from Europe. Saffron, which j sells for $8 per pound, may be grown in nearly all sections. Peppermint and spearmint find ready sale, and sage, which is well known to every farmer, is imported, frequently selling at S150 per ton. Then there are hoar- i hound, boneset, mandrake, blood root, | pennyroyal, etc., which are regarded as weeds in some localities, all of which are largely used and have a value in market. Care of Milk Can*. At a convention in Minnesota, J. K. Bennett said,araongother things: Inthe care of cans, they are to be kept clean J and free from rust. They should be 1 washed as soon as possible after being j used. Itin3e first with cold water,then i scrub thoroughly with a brush both in- I side and outside, using warm water,al- j most hot, or better a good soap suds; j use it often anyhow. Give particular attention to the seams and don't forget 1 the outsides. You know the inside is ' often judged by the outside. Finish with scalding water. Turn your caas upside down long enough only to allow j them to drain; then leave them right ' side up, or on their sides in the fresh air, and you will Lave clean, sweet cans. It is a very common error to ; * % 3 ! leave them over a sta.?e, or on a Doara. This is a serious mistake,as invariably the cans will sour thereby. The hot air or steam rises and has no escape, consequently condenses in the cans and sours. Much milk otherwise well cared for is often tainted from no other reason. A rusty can should not be used, as it imparts a foreign flavor to milk.?Dairy World. Summer Care of Berry Bushel. All beriy bushes should be protected from summer heat and drought. This may be done in two ways. First, by frequent cultivation and hoeing, thus forming an earth mulch, which prevents the rapid escape of moisture from the soil. Second, by covering the ground around the hill with coarse manure, straw and other material, which prevents evaporation and retains the moisture about the roots. One of the best and cheapest mulches for the farmer is green clover, cut in blossom and applied same as manure. It is easily applied, retains moisture, enriches the soil, keeps the berries clean and contains no germ of noxious weeds. A good mulch well applied is one of the great necessities in successful fruit growing. When new canes of the blackberry and black raspberry are eighteen inches high, nip the top of! about two inches; this will cause several new laterals to grow, which should be trimmed severely in the spring. I The pinching back of new growth is important. It largely increases the bearing surface, keeps the bush low, I strong, well formed and less liable to injury from severe storms.?M. A. Thayer, in Nebraska Fanmer. Killing Rote Bags. A Greenfield (Mass.) subscriber writes: "I have several peachtrees which at the present time are full of fruit. While thinning them I found , that many had holes in them and oth- j ers were being eaten by the common ' rose bug. Sometimes the bugs were almost hidden in the boles they were eating. Is this unusual or is it only that I have never noticed it before? Is there anything that can be done to prevent it? This,year there are so many more peaches than the trees can bear that I am not sorry; but another "??? li moTt Ko iliifarani PoArtbflS ?rA now about an inch long and one-hali to three-fourths the other way." In years when the rose beetles are abundant in a locality it is not unusual to find them eating the fruit of peach, ? apple and cherry trees. They are very destructive to bearing grape vines, eating the blossoms as well as the leaves. Their first choice seems to be white rose3 and grape blossoms, but green apples and peaches are very acceptable. No better method than hand-picking has yet been discovered for combating this insect. They are most easily caught by holding-a dish of water under them in the cool of the morning. On touching them with the other hand they will let go their hold and drop into the water. Soapy water is better thau clear, and a little kerosene on top of the water is better still. Vines and trees are sometimes protected by covers of fly-netting, and for a few small trees this is cheap and sure.?A. W. Chcever, in Nov? England Farmer. - -c I ' > risiii XOTEh WASHINGTON i>3VINE?S ! SUNDAY DISCOURSE. Kiscnsding the Relations Bctworn Oapl- , tal and Labor?Some Fut le Remedied ' ?Christ Was the Greatest Friend of the Capitalist and the Toiler, Etc 1 Tkxt: "Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do you even so to them." ) Matthew vii.. 12. i The greatest war the world hr.s ever seen 1 Is between capital and labor. The Strife is I not like that which in history is called the j J Thirty Years' war. for it is a war of centur- | ies, it is a war of the live continents, it is a war hemispheric. The middle classes in ! this country, upon whom the nation has de- j ponded for holding the balanceof powerand I ! J for acting as mediators between the two J ' I Extremes, are diminishing, and if things go j on nt the same ratio as they are now point; 1 it will not he very lonp before there will be ' no middle class in this country, but all will j be very rieli or very poor, princes or pau- ' pers, and the country will be given up to " palaces and hovels. I The antagonistic forces are closing in 1 I npon each other. The Pennsylvania miners' 1 j strikes, the telegraph operators' strikes, j the railroad employes* strikes, the move- ' ments of the boye'otters and the dyna- j miters are only skirmishers before a gen- * eral engagement, or. if you prefer it, es- Jj capes through the safety valves of an im- ' prisoned force which promises the explo- ? sion of society. You may poohpooh it; you ' may say that this trouble, like an angry T child, will cry itself to sleep; you may be- ? little it by calling it Fourierism or social- ' ism or St. Slmonism or nihilism or communism, but that will not hinder the fact B that it is the mightiest, the darkest, the 1 most terrific threat of this century. All at- 0 I tempts at pacification have been dead fail- ? ures. and monopoly is more arrogant and B the trades unions more bitter. "Give us ' more wages," cry the employes. "You >' shall have less," say the capitalists. "Com- Ji pel us to do fewer hours of toil in a day." ^ "You shall toil more hours," say the others. 4 j "Then under certain conditions we will not ' work at all," say these. "Then you shall 0 starve." say those. And, the workmen 0 gradually using up that which they ac- P cumulated in better times, unless there be a some radical change we shall have soon in 5' this country 4 000.000 hungry men and worn- 1 en. Now. 4.000 000 huncrv ner?n!?* oinnnt n be kept quiet. All the enactments of lepis- c latures and all tlie constabularies of the 1 cities and ail the army and navy of the * L'nitwl States cannot keep 4,000.000 hungry people quiet. What, then? Will this war 1 between capital and labor be settled by M humnn wisdom? Never. The brow of the e one becomes more rigid, the fist of the P other more clinched. But that which human wisdom cannot k achieve will be accomplished by Clfristianity a If it be given full sway. You have heard of a medicines so powerful that one drop will ? stop a disease and restore a patient, and I r have to tell you that ono drop of my text n properly administered will stop all these c woes of society and give convalescence and w complete health to all classes. "Whatso- tl ever \re would that men should do to you, a do you even so them." f< I "shall first show you how this quarrel be- g tween monopoly and hard work cannot be " stopped, and then I will show you how this $ controversy will be settled. tl Futile remedies. In the first place, there fi will come no pacification to this trouble s< through an outcry against rich men nftrely y hpnanse thpv *rp rifh Thpm I?ha momtaf i? of a trades union on earth that would not u be rich if he could be. Sometimes through o a fortunate invention or through some acci- f< dent of prosperity a man who had nothing 11 comes to a large estate, and we see him a arrogant and supercilious and taking peo- a pie by the throat. There is something very mean about human na- a turn when it comes to the top. But it ft is no more a sin to be rich than It is a sin " to be poor. There are those who have w gathered a great estate through fraud, y< and then there are millionaires who have w gathered their fortunes through foresight d in regard to changes in the markets, and p through brilliant business faculty, and 01 every dollar of t^eir estate Is as honest as gi the dollar which the plumber gets for a| mending a pipe or the mason gets for c< buildings wall. There are those who keep st in poverty because of their own fault. They w might have been well off, but they gave themselves to strong drink, or thevsmoked or chewed up their earnings, or they lived m beyond their means, while others on the tf same wages and on the same salaries went aj on to competency. I know a man who Is ai all the time complaining of his poverty and tt crying out against rich men, while he" him- ai self keeps two dogs and chews and smokes c< and is filled to the chin with ^fhisky and w beer. ai Mieawber said to David Copperfleld; t< "Copperfleld, my boy, .?1 income, twenty qi shillings and sixpense expences; result, tt misery. But, Copperfleld, my boy, ?1 in- ai come, expenses nineteen shillings and six- st pence; result, happiness." And there are vast multitudes of people who are kept poor in because they are the victims of their own tl improvidence. It is no sin to be rich, and m it is no sin to be poor. I protest against ul this outcry which I hear against those who, c< through economy and self denial and assi- b< duity, have come to large fortune. This :t bombardment of commercial success will never stop this quarrel between capital and tc labor. Neither will the contest be settled by U cynical nud unsympathetic treatment of si the laboring classes. There are those who o! speak of them as though they were only lc cattle or draft horses. Their nerves are la nothing, their domestic comfort is nothing, w their happiness is nothing. They have no ol more sympathy for them than a hound has te for a hare or a hawk for a hen or a tiger pi for a calf. When Jean Yalje&n, the great- tr est hero of Victor Hugo's writings, after a ci life of suffering and brave endurance, goes fl: into incarceration and death, they clap the ei book shut and say, "Good for him!" They T stamp their feet with indignation and say oi just the opposite of "Save the working u| classes." They have all their sympathies T with Hhylock, and not with Antonio and oi Portia. * They are plutocrats, and their feelings are infernal. They are filled with ? irritation and irascibility on this subject, tc To stop this awful imbroglio between c< capital and labor they will lift not so much ju as the tip end of the little finger. c< Neither will there be any pacification of ai nr.n?., 4h.A*i<tk triolanan /*/ iuia au^i* vuiiuvtoin/ luiuugu tiuivuvvi v\ God never blessed murder. c< The poorest use you can put a man to is hi to kill him. Blow up to-morrow all the y< country seats on the banks of the Hudson, pi and all the flne houses on Madison Square, tt and Brooklyn Heights, and Bunker Hill, 0! and Rlttenhouse Square.and Beacon street, tc and all the bricks and timber and stone m v.ill just fall back on the bare head of T American labor. The worst enemies of the tl working classes in the United States and A Ireland are their demented coadjutors, tl A^sassl ation, the assassination of Lord el Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke in o: Phoenix Park, Dublin, in the attempt to avenge the wrongs of Ireland, only turned ft away from that afflicted people millions of tl sympathizers. The attempt to blow up the 0 House of Commons in London had only d this eiTect?to throw out of employment v tens of thousands of innocent Irish people c< in England. vi Well, if this controversy between capital t! and labor cannot be settled by human wis- p dom, if to-day capital and labor stand with si their thumbs on each other's throat, as w they do, it is time for us to look somewhere n else for relief, and it points from inytext, " roseate and jubilant, and puts one hand on t the broadcloth shoulder of capital and puts il the other on the homespun covered o shoulder of toil and says, with a voice that t will grandly and gloriously settle this and li settle everything, "Whatsoever ye would II that men should do to you, do you even so c to them"?that is, the lady of the house- h hold will say, "I must treat the maid in l tUt kitchen just as I would like to be t ed if I worn down stairs and it wore my work to wash and cook and sweep and it were the duty of the maid in the kitchen to preside in this parlor." The maid in the kitchen must say: "If my employer seems to be more prosperous than I, that is no fault of hers. I shall uot treat her as an enemy. I will have the same industry and fidelity down stairs as I would expert from my subordinates if I happened to be the ! wife of a silk importer." The owner of an iron mill, having taken a dose of my text before leaving home in | the morning, will go into his foundry, and, j passing into what is called the puddling ! room, he will see a man there stripped to the waist and besweated and exhausted with the labor and the toil, and he will say to him: "Why, it seems to be very hot iii here. You look very much exhausted. I hear your child is sick with scarlet fever. If you want your wages a little earlier this week, so as to pay the nurse and get the medicines, just come into my ofSce any time." In this country the torch put to the factories that have discharged hands for good or bad reasons, obstructions on the rail track in front of midnight express trains because the offenders, do not lite the Fresiient of the company, strikes on shipboard ;he hour they were going to sail or in the printing offices the hoar the paper was to yo to press, or in mines the day the coal vas to be delivered, or on bdUtt scaffoldngs so the builder fails in keeping his conract?all those are only a hard blow on he head of American labor and cripple its irms and lame its feet and pierce his heart. L'raps sprung suddenly upon employers ind violence never took one knot out of the cnuckle of toil or put one farthing of rages into a callous palm. Barbarism will lever cure the wrongs o? civilization, lark that. Frederick the Great admired some land lear his palace at Potsdam, and he resolved o get it. It was owned by a miller. He ffered the miller three times the value of | he property. The miller would not take it ecnuse it was the old homestead, and he j elt about as Naboth felt about his vine- i ard when Ahab wanted It. Frederick the ( Ireatwasa rough and terrible man, and , leordered the miller into his presence, and j he king, with a stick in his hand?a stiok ; rith which he sometimes struck his officers j f state?said to this miller, "Now, I have j ffered you three times the value of that j roperty, and if you won't sell it I'll take it ( nyhow." The miller said, "Your majesty, ou won't." "Yes," said the king, "I will < ake it." "Then," said the miller, "if your . lajesty does take it I will sue you in the ] hancery court." At that threat Frederick he Great yielded his infamous demand. \ nd the most imperious outrage against j lie working classes will yer .cower Deiore he law. Violence and contrary to the law rill never accomplish anything, but right ousness and according to law will accomlish it. After awhile crash goes the money maret, and there Is no more demand for the rticles manufactured in that iron mill, nd the owner does not hnow what to do. [e says: "Shall I stop the mill, or shall I un it on half time, or shall I cut down the ten's wages?" He walks the floor of his ounting room all day, hardly knowing rhat to do. Toward evening he calls all he laborers together. They stand all round, some with arms akimbo, some with aided arms, wondering what the boss is oing to do now. The manufacturer says: Men. times are very hard. I don't make 20 where I used to make $100. 8omehow, here is no demand now for what we manuicture, or but very little demand. You ee, I am at vast expense, and I have called ou toget her this afternoon to see what ou would advise. I don't want to shot p the m.ll because that would force you ut of work, and you have always been very ilthful, and I like you, and you seem to ke me, and the bairns must be looked ft?p ?nH rnnr wife will after awhile want new dress. I don't know what to do." I There is a dead halt for a minute or two. t nd then one of the workmen steps out .1 -om the ranks of his fellows and says: s Boss, you have been very good to us, and a hen you prospered we prospered, and now e ou are in a tight place and I am sorry, and i e have got to sympathize with you. I I on't know bow the others feel, but I pro- \ ose that we take off twenty per oent. from c nr wages and that when tne times get t ood you will remember us and raise them s 5ain." The workman looks around to his t >mrades and says: "Boys, what do you t ly to this? Ail w favor of my proposition t ill say aye." "Aye, aye, aye!" shout 200 voices. But the mill owner, getting in some new , lachlnery, exposes himself very much and A ikes cohi, and it settles into pneumonia ad he dies. In the procession to the tomb re all the workmen, tears rolling down t leir cheeks and off upon the ground, but i, a hour before the procession gets to the c ;metery the wives and the children of those E orkmen are at the grave, waiting for the c rrival of the funesal pageant. The minis- t r of religion may have delivered an elo- < uent eulogium before tlrey started from a ie house, but the most impressive things re said that day by the working classes ; finding around the tomb. t That night in all the cabins of the work- t ig people where they have family prayers ( ie widowhood and the orphanage in the i nnainn nre remembered. No glaring DOD- c lations look over tho iron fence of the t imetery, but, hovering over the scene, the anediction of God ana man is eomlng for a in fulfillment of the Christlike injunotlon, c Whatsoever ye would that men should x > you, do you even so to them." - j "Oh," says some man here, "that is all ? topian, that is apocryphal, that is impos* p ble." No, I cut out of a paper this: "0*e c [ the pleasantest incidents recorded la a >ng time is reported from Sheffield, Eng- j nd. The wages of the men in the Iron f orks at Sheffield are regulated by a board v ' arbitration, by whose decision both mae- a irs and men are bound. For some time 8 ist the iron and steel trade has been ex- ? emely unprofitable, and the employers a innot, without much loss, pay the wages red by the board, which neither employ's nor employed have the power to change. 0 avoid tnls difficulty the workmen in one ! the largest steel works in Sheffield bit ' pon a device as rare as It was generous, bey offered to work for their employers le week without any pay whatever." g Bu'j you go with me, and I will show you c not so far off as 8heflueld, England?rise- \ tries, banking houses, storehouses and >stly enterprises where this Christlike in- j inction of my text is fully kept; and you j >uld no more get the employer to practice 3 1 injustice upon his men. or the men to j inspire against the employer, than you 8 jula get your right hand and your left ? and, your right eye and your left eye, ( cur right ear and your left ear, into s hyslologlcal antagonism. Now where is \ its to begin? In our homes, in our stores, a a our farms?not waiting for other people a > do their duty. Is there a divergence 0 ow between the parlor and the kitohen? T hen there is something Wrong either In j le pailor or the kitchen, perhaps in both, j re the clerks in your store irate against le firm? Then there is something wrong Ither behind the counter or in the private (flee, or perhaps in both. __ / The great want of the world to-aay is me llflllnent of this Christlike injunction, lat which he promulgated in His sermon livetc. All the political economists un- t ertho archivault of the heavens in eon- g ention for 1090 years cannot settle this g ontrt versy between monopoly and hard 1 rork, between capital and labor. During t he Revolutionary War there was a heavy I iece of timber to be lifted, perhaps for ome fortress, and the corporal was over- 1 eeing; the work, and he was giving com- 1 landi to some soldiers as they lifted: 1 Heave away, there! Yo heave!" Well, the ( imber was too heavy; they could not gvt t : up. There was a gentleman riding by n a horse, and he stopped and said to | his <orporal: "Why don't you help them I ift? That timber is to* heavy for th.?n to [ft." "No," he said, VI won't. J, am a , orpcral." The gentleman got off his i io:rse and came up to the place, "Now," le st.id to the aoidiers, "all together?yo ie*v<>l" and ttrt Waiter went, (q Its place. n ________ . "Now," said tl?3 gentleman tothff corporal^ * "when you have a piece of timber to^ heavy for the- men to lift, and you want help, you send to your commander-inchief."" It was Washington. Now, that i? about all the gospel I know?the gospel of "1 giving somebody a lift, a lift out of dark- 0 ness. a lift out of earth into heaven. That > is all the gospel I know?the gospel, of helping somebody else to lift. "Oh," says some wiseacre, "talk as you \rM will, the law of demand and supply will regulate these things until the end of . time." No, they will not. unless God dies and th" batteries of the judgment day are 1 spiked, and Pluto and Prosarplne, king and qneca of the infernal regions, take full posses-ion of this world. Do you know who .-.UJ.JUJ iiuu u-aiaau are.' 1 ney nave gone into partnership, anJ they propose to * swindle this earth and are swindling it. You are drowning. Supply and demand stand on the shore, one on on<i side, .tho t. other on the otherside of the lifeboat, and , ' ?] they cry out to you, "Now, you pay us what we ask you for getting you to shore or go to the bottom!" If you can borrow $5000 you can keep from failing in business. Supply and demand say, "Now, yon pay us exorbitant usury or you go into bankruptcy." This robber firm of supply and demand say to you: "The crops are . short. We bought up all the wheat and It ^ is in our bin. Now, you pay our price or SpS starve." That fs your magnificent law of supply and demand. ' , \ Supply and demand own the largest mill \ i on earth, and all the rivers roll over their * vy wheel, and into their hopper they put all' . the men, women and children they can shovel out of the centuries, and the blood - - -'fy and the bones redden the valley while the mill grinds. That diabolic law of supply and demand will yet have to stand aside, and Instead thereof will come the law ot love, the law of co-operation, the law of kindness, the law of sympathy, the law of Christ. Have you no idea of the coming of such a time? Then you do not believe tho Bible. All the Bible is full of promises on this subject, and as the ages roll on tho time will come when men of fortune will bo ?\ *'j giving larger sums to humanitarian and evangelistic purposes, and there will b? ' 1 more James Lenoxes and Peter Coopers . *.wj nrtH Wfllfum "F and (raarca Paa. bodyg. Aa that time comes there will be . &c more parks, more picture galleries, more gardens thrown open for the holiday people and the working classes. # The great patriot of France, Victor Hugo, lied. The $10,000 in his will given to the poor of the eity was only a hint of the work >*V;C tie did for all Nations and for all times. I , wonder not that they allowed eleven days ? to pass between his death and his burial, bis body meantime kept under triumphal >! trch, for the world could hardly afford to . $' et go this man who for more than eight iecades had by his unparalleled genius . blessed it. His name shall be a terror to all lespots and an encouragement to the strug-( ;ling. He made the world's burden lighter' ind its darkness less dense and its chain: . 'J ess galling and its thorns of Iniquity less tecure. But Victor Hugo was not the ovartowerng friend of mankind. The greatest riend of capitalist and toiler and tl^e on? v; vhowillyt bring them together incomplete accord was born one Christmas night *3 while the curtains of heaven swung, stirred 'fl py the wings angelic. Owner of all things -all the continents, all the worlds and all he islands of light. Capitalist of imaaia-: a ilty, crossing over to our condition. Goes-' - , ng into onr world, not by gate of palaoe, rat by door of barn. Spending His flist light among the shepherds. Gathering ' ifterward around Him the fishermen to be lis chief attendants. With adse and < ? taw and chisel and ax and In a cap- JtL)1 penter shop showing Himself brother with the tradesmen. Owner of all hings, and yet on a hillock bask of rerusalem one day resigning everything for pthers. keeping not so mncn as a shekel to >ay for his obsequies, by charity bnried taJ he sabarbs of a city that has oast htm oat. I -y; lefore the cross of saoh a capitalist anduch a carpenter all men can afford to' hake hands and worship. Hera is-th# very man's Christ. None so high-bat ha AJ vas higher. None so poor bat he was oorer. At his feet the hostile extremes Uyi rill yet renounce their animosities, and . >.V ountenance? -which have glowered: wltfci he Drejudices and revenge of oanlwlast- - '-7 hall' brighten with the smBe of heaven as ie commands: "Whatsoever ye would that nen should do to yon, do yon eve* so to hem." LAURIER BACK IN QUEBEC^ >> ',:f few Colonial Policy Makaa Canada P*?e] 'j tirally Independent. Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Lady Lander r?4 ' .,"'J& urned to, Quebec, from the Queen's JabN ee. on the steamer Labrador. They were net down the river by the Citizens'Oomnittee and landed amid the booming of '.-3, annon and the cheers of the mnitttadai I gathered at the wharf, while band*played /JfcafeggM 'Home, Sweet Home," "Bole Britannia," nd MYIve la Canadienne," In speaking of bis visit to England, Sir ;,4 VLlfxid said: "I feel that I cannot under-' * aketo describe to yon the impreartons of, MaSgsH he Queen's Jubilee. The signt at at. iwk- - -.? Cathedral was one that I never shall forget.' .'he reception which I received tcom thO, Hieen and the English people- was Buoh! 7 hat I cannot forget it. England on that v ' lay exhibited her great force, and we WW* i ill impressed with It. Theohange in tho olonial policy is accounted for by the atti-j ude which England has taken toward ujJ ' * 'he denunciation of the treaties moaitf that , Isc&l independence of Canada.and the Brtt?( ih colonies in their trade- with foreign.; ountriee. "We are practically independent. By the enunciation of treaties Canada opens up or herself a new market The-lmpresalon re have made goes all over Europe. Can-' , r ?j! da is now recognized among-nations as V he was not before. This is a feeling which, re are proud of, andino maaoaa now speak \ gainst us." THE APPLE CROP. 5HI l". field About Equal to the Average in the United State*. .gg It is estimated bar the National Apple Ihippers' Association that the yield fortha' - " Vi rop year of 1897? based on an average of' 00 as a full crop, will be as follows: Cana* la, 40 per cent.;. New England States, 30? - * lew lork State,. 25; Pennsylvania, fid; laryland, 60; Virginia, 18; West Virginia* 0; Kentucky,. 60; Ohio. 90; Indiana, 6fc liohtgan, 30, Illinois, 50; Iowa, 75; Misouri, 80; Kansas, 75; Arkansas, 90; Ten? lessee, 70; Colorado, 100; California, 100t )regon, 100. The estimate shows a coniderable falling- off in the East, while the Vest, particularly Illinois, Iowa, Missousl Ad Kansas, showsa decided Increase, both & to percentage of crop and a largely ia-re&sed acreaee In bearing. The 1897. crop rill be considerably below that of last year, ?ut about equal to the average crop oil the Jnlted States. BIBLE FOR JAPAN'S RULER. k. Larce Folio in E>i(;llib Given, by Three Bible Societies. The American Bible Society- announces hat a large folio Bible in the English language has been specially prepared &3 a rift to the Emperor of Japan and sent to i'o:ohama. It will be formally presented at be first fitting opportunity after tbe Emptor's return to Tokio in the autumn. The gift will be made is the name of the tmerican Bible Society, the British and "oreign Bible Society, and the National 3iblo Society of Scotland, which aro jointly oncerned in the publication and distribudon of the Japanese Scriptures. The preparation ci this volume was suggested by tho favorable reception which tho Dowager Erypress of China gave la 1894, when a beaatiful Chinese New Testament was give* to her in the name of 10,000 Protestan't Christian women of China. Georgia's assessment shows a net <J0? crease of, $1^29,655 on all property* ^